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                        changingfromoils to acrylics

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 3:50 AM
                        Hi Shrikes,

                        As far as I can tell, the small mini jars and the large regular acrylics are the same formulation. I thought the small jars were pretty cute but after looking at the amount of paint in the jar I decided it's not a good deal. Those jars contain as much paint as the tiny square testor bottles.

                        Polly Scale acrylic and Testors new Acryl to a lessor extant have very good brushing properties. I think they are as good as the enamels, but unfortunately you probably can't get them very easily where you are.
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                        Keyworth
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                          January 2003
                        • From: NE Georgia
                        Posted by Keyworth on Monday, February 23, 2004 8:31 PM
                        Welcoem to FSM and the forums.
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                        Buddho
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Newport News VA
                        Posted by Buddho on Saturday, February 21, 2004 1:01 PM
                        Hi and welcome, moshed

                        I'm another who prefers acrylics, mainly Polly-s or Floquil.

                        Regards, Dan

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                        shrikes
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                          November 2003
                        • From: Manila, Philippines
                        Posted by shrikes on Saturday, February 21, 2004 10:34 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by hungfarlow
                        What kind of acrylics did you use shrikes? I recall that you are mainly a brush painter and don't use an airbrush. Tamiya is really tricky to handbrush.

                        Yup, i'm strictly a brush user (except for the odd rattle can). I'm too "financially challenged" for an airbrush Sad [:(] And, yes, i was refering to tamiya acrylics. they come in smaller jars than they used to, so i'm assuming they redid the formula, or whatever. i remember trying to paint a canopy with acrylic olive drab and it would run everywhere and wouldn't stay where i put it. it would even seep under the masking tape whenever i used the stuff. So, i made the switch to enamels. a bit trickier to thin and clean, but i think it's well worth it.
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                        mcsnead17
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                          January 2004
                        Posted by mcsnead17 on Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:01 AM
                        i use a range of paints from vallejo to andrea including citadel and warzone paints
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 20, 2004 7:40 AM
                        What kind of acrylics did you use shrikes? I recall that you are mainly a brush painter and don't use an airbrush. Tamiya is really tricky to handbrush.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 20, 2004 7:28 AM
                        If enamels make you sick then you got no choice than to use acrylics. It's not worth sacrificing your health. Vallejo is an excellent line of acrylics for figure painting.

                        There's are many different brands of acrylics out there, many very good for model building. Acrylic paint across different brands tend to have more different properties than enamel paints so you need to learn the perculiarity of each brand.
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                        therriman
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Posted by therriman on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 7:02 PM
                        Hi, and welcome to the asylum.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 5:25 PM
                        Welcome to FSM Moshed.
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                        mcsnead17
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                          January 2004
                        Posted by mcsnead17 on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:42 AM
                        the figures i do are the following everything from 28mm fantasyto ww11 ( only allied foces) thank you guys
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:35 PM
                        Welcome!!
                        i also use tamiya acrylics. They are wonderful
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:42 PM
                        Welcome to FSM!!!
                        mark956
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                        M1abramsRules
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                          June 2003
                        Posted by M1abramsRules on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:24 AM
                        Welcome to the Forum!!!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:41 AM
                        Welcome to the forums, Moshed!

                        I too, made the switch to Acrylics and haven't looked back since. Mush easier to work with and very easy clean-up (especially in airbrushes)

                        I still use enamels, but only for drybrushing when weathering.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:00 AM
                        Welcome, moshed ! Sign - Welcome [#welcome]
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                        shrikes
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                          November 2003
                        • From: Manila, Philippines
                        Posted by shrikes on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:09 AM
                        Welcome to the forums, Moshed! So, what is it you like to build? You mentioned figures in your post.

                        I used to use acrylics, but i got really frustrated with its lack of fine control... Now i use mainly enamels but i've been hearing good things about the New line of Tamiya Acrylics... Sigh [sigh] i wonder how much it'll cost to switch back?? Big Smile [:D] Again, welcome to the forums!!
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:05 AM
                        Welcome to FSM, Moshed!
                        I try to be careful with all paints!
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 16, 2004 8:21 PM
                        Welcome Moshed!!!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 16, 2004 7:29 PM
                        Welcome to the Forum.

                        I got the 4 Model Mania Video tapes too, great stuff. Just wish that he would release number 5 already.

                        The colours will work pretty much the same regardless of the scale that you use them for.
                        I am using Gunze paints from 1/100 to 1/4 scale and have got no problems.
                        Big Smile [:D]
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, February 16, 2004 7:21 PM
                        Welcome to FSM moshed. I'm another acrylic use ... mostly Tamiya Colours.
                        Gotta luv em.

                        Enjoy the forums !!!
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        fightnjoe
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                          September 2011
                        Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, February 16, 2004 6:50 PM
                        welcome and enjoy the forum.

                        joe

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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, February 16, 2004 6:22 PM
                        Welcome to FSM, Moshed. I am an acrylic paint user. I love them. No smell and easy to clean.

                        Enjoy.

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                        cassibill
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Indiana, USA
                        Posted by cassibill on Monday, February 16, 2004 4:50 PM
                        Welcome moshed, everyone has their own paint preference and are willing to debate the choices and offer tips. What kind of figs. do you paint?

                        cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!!Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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                        mcsnead17
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        changingfromoils to acrylics
                        Posted by mcsnead17 on Monday, February 16, 2004 4:25 PM
                        sveral years i became very ill .after this i left the a little bit then about three years ago i came back and found about acrylics tthough several tapes called model mania although they for larger figures i still ised them
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